Rebels-59 Coronet - 2010-09-26 9:07 PM

Posted for NEIL D500

8 x 10 press photo of the vehicle involved in a tragic accident that killed 7 people in Saginaw, Michigan. This photo is in good condition with any imperfections due to age and/or editing by the original handler.

d500neil - 2010-09-27 7:44 PM

....For the record, I did not ask Sir Clive to post these Evilpay-auctions' pics to this thread.

However, they do serve as being suitable precautionary tales, about the unintended consequences of Street-racing.

1960DesotoAdventurer - 2010-05-22 1:37 PM :laugh:

Dash One - 2011-06-17 7:45 AM

Hello Forward Lookers, Tim in Golden here and I am in the 4th season of racing my 4500lb 56 New Yorker coupe at Bandimere Dragstrip in Morrison Colorado. I started to race it totally stock and it was completely original the first year. The same car I drove to Tulsarama. The engine still has its original pistons. Best original time was 18:48 @76 mph. I won 14 rounds in my first season of our Street ET Series and I had not raced in almost 30 years. For me there is nothing cooler than drag racing a "stock" fifties car. And sure some might think OMG he's tearing it up but the car actually runs better than ever. I now have well over 100 runs with no issues. And for those unaware the altitude here is over 5k and density is usually over 7k and that costs at least a second over sea level. I now shift my original powerflite at 1000' and run over 81mph. I have added a 55 300c carb set up and Racer Brown 485 lift cam with the 2 1/2" truck exhaust manifolds . Last year I ran the entire 1/4 in low gear and went 79 MPH! With no stall converter I lost a half second ET... but gained 5mph. Best this year so far 19.12 @ 81 mph. I know this sounds slow but I need a rear gear change to run the 1/4 maybe a 5:13. Right now the car has a huge top end. My 60' time is in the 3.4 second range, crazy slow. Next stop 15 second New Yorker.

B/G 61 - 2010-05-31 4:10 PM




'57 Gasser with a wild intake and a Chrysler with an even wilder intake . . .

3N57-2729 - 2011-06-20 2:49 PM



Do you have any additional pictures of the '57 Chrysler that the engine in the last picture is in? Would love to see more and know more about the car.
Thanks!

1960fury - 2011-06-20 5:13 PM

boy do gassers look stupid :wince:

B/G 61 - 2011-06-20 3:36 PM




Those pics were out of the "We Were The Ramchargers" book - I don't have the book right now, I let a friend borrow it -
When I get it back I will post the stories about it - (who owned it etc.) That book is awesome and I recomend it to EVERYONE

Handygun - 2011-06-19 7:45 PM

The Michigan Madman on 4 wheels

Dash One - 2011-06-24 1:11 PM

Ready for ST ET racing tonite. The 56 New Yorker Very "stock" even has original carpet. One tough car.